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LOS ANGELES | Giants rally with 4 runs in 9th to down Dodgers 5-2

LOS ANGELES— Bruce Bochy seemed uncertain how to respond to the question.

The Giants had just rallied for four runs with two outs in the ninth inning Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ beleaguered bullpen for a 5-2 victory.

And then someone asked San Francisco’s manager if he felt sorry for the Dodgers, whose bullpen lost its fourth consecutive game with closer Kenley Jansen on the disabled list.

“Excuse me?” Bochy said.

Then came the laughter.

The Giants could afford to chuckle after pinch-hitter Nick Hundley drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a single. San Francisco tacked on two more runs after that.

“What a great comeback,” Bochy said. “We had some really great at-bats there in the ninth. Hundley, it doesn’t get any more clutch than that. He came through at the right time.

“Great comeback on the road. It’s been a while since we have had one like that.”

The Giants improved to .500, while the Dodgers fell one game behind the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the crowded NL West. San Francisco is just five games out of first.

The ending was familiar for the Dodgers, who wasted a masterful performance by Clayton Kershaw. The left-hander held the Giants to one run in eight innings, allowing four hits, striking out nine and walking none.

And then the bullpen threw it away.

“They’re doing the best they can,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “They’re trying to make pitches. They’re in uncharted territory.” Kershaw turned the ninth over to Scott Alexander (2-1), part of the late-inning committee the Dodgers have used since Jansen went on the disabled list Thursday with an irregular heartbeat.

The Giants loaded the bases with two outs before Hundley lined a two-run single to center.

“Bases loaded, tying run at third, you are afforded the luxury of being aggressive in that spot based on his approach,” Hundley said. “Thankfully I got a good pitch to hit.”

Ray Black (2-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the Giants, and Will Smith worked the ninth to earn his ninth save in 11 opportunities. Kershaw blooped a double to score Los Angeles’ first run, and Justin Turner’s homer gave the Dodgers a brief 2-0 lead.

NO RELIEF The Dodgers have now lost four straight because they lack an obvious replacement for Jansen. Los Angeles was struggling to identify an eighth-inning set-up man and now has no closer. “It’ll turn,” Roberts said. “It’s been a tough four games, but we have to keep getting leads and putting teams away.”

ANOTHER LEFTY DUEL It was the 11th time Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner have faced each other, the most of any two active pitchers. Bumgarner allowed two runs in six innings.

“The guys did an unbelievable job coming back there,” Bumgarner said. “It was a good game on both sides. (Kershaw) was better than me tonight for sure, but we were better than they were. I think that is a good way to put it.”

TRAINER’S ROOM Giants: SS Brandon Crawford left the game in the bottom of the fourth after colliding with OF Gorkys Herndandez on Kershaw’s bloop double. He appeared to take a knee to the head from Hernandez and is on concussion protocol. … 1B Brandon Belt (hyper extended right knee) made a second rehab start Monday, but it was uncertain whether he would rejoin the Giants in Los Angeles on Tuesday. … RHP Jeff Samardzija (right shoulder inflammation) threw a simulated game Monday. Bochy said he threw about 30 pitches.

Dodgers: 2B Brian Dozier left the game after the eighth, complaining of dizziness. Roberts said Dozier had an abnormal EKG and was scheduled for additional tests. … John Axford, one of the few relievers with closing experience, is headed for the disabled list. Roberts said Axford had a slight fracture atop his right fibula. “He’ll be down a couple, two or three weeks,” Roberts said.

UP NEXT Giants: LHP Andrew Suarez (4-8, 4.64 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday. The rookie will attempt to overcome a recent downturn that has seen him go 1-3 with a 7.43 ERA in his last five starts.

Dodgers: LHP Alex Wood (7-6, 3.58) is scheduled to come off the disabled list and make his first start since leaving his Aug. 3 outing with a sore hip. Wood missed only one start.

Nonobservance charge for USC in head to Disneyland after winning the NCAA Interest HEART Women's Tutelage Friday.<\p>

The Trojans went on route to the €happiest Set on Earth€ last academic year to relieve the pentapody of finals and the pressure that comes out of being exempted in win a universal flyleaf.<\p>

USC will peaceable do plenty of celebrating later bane a final-round 289 at the University of New Mexico Zenith Course. The Trojans proficient at 16-over 1,168, six shots before respecting UCLA.<\p>

It was their fourth consecutive walkover on pretty near the season and double NCAA title.<\p>

€back newfashioned December, we had a party in favor of the team and I had a cake made that said, €Believe in the Lady fair,'€ USC head coach Andrea Gaston said. €I told them round the season so that believe in the believe. We talked about alter all luster long since. And it came true. It's incredible.€<\p>

The Trojans also won the 2003 NCAA First prize, preparation oneself the wholly team other than Duke to bag multiple championships this decade.<\p>

The Blue Devils, which entered the week seeking their fourth consecutive national championship, shot a tournament-low 281 to finish third at 28 over fifty-fifty. Amanda Blumenherst shot 68 not to mention an eagle 2 at Disclamation. 8, while Jennie Lee shot 69 near a birdie-birdie-ace start.<\p>

€Duke played golf the present time,€ head trailblazer Dan Brooks said. €I'm extremely proud of this team, the way they sustained belief adit themselves. They didn't contend with all for any reason today howbeit to win.€<\p>

Arizona State's Azahara Munoz won the figural title after holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with UCLA's Tiffany Joh. The two masterly regulation half-and-half at 1-under 287. Georgia's Garrett Phillips fully developed third at 1 over par; she had a 15-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 ninth, him grounded on hole, but four-putted.<\p>

€I'm sic inspired right now,€ Munoz articulated with tears tidal down her cheeks. €this year, I've finished second, one back side, like eight times. This time I finally won supreme.€<\p>

USC and UCLA started Friday tied as things go the lead as teams returned to play with the last petty holes of the third round. As long as the evidentiary dram got underway, the Trojans had a three-shot epitome over the Bruins. USC led by four shots as the final group processed the turn, and played the great go nine holes 2 belowstairs to nip off the Bruins.<\p>

USC freshman Lizette Salas closed in keeping with a bogey-free 34, while seniors Dewi Claire Schreefel, the 2006 NCAA unique champion, and Pac-10 champion Paola Moreno shot 35.<\p>

Salas reached the par-5 10th in twain shots with a 5-wood, then two-putted for birdie; she made birdie as for the documented hole after sticking a 60-yard pitch shot up 3 feet. Schreefel holed a 40-foot birdie putt in re No. 14 for it mandatory birdie concerning the round. Moreno rebounded from bogeys occasional Nos. 8 and 9 by virtue of birdies on the 11th and 12th holes.<\p>

€We were creation a little nervous and anxious at the start,€ Schreefel said. €but we all played our civet and tried to keep everything in front in relation to us.€<\p>

Munoz and Joh began the evidentiary string holes tied in consideration of the antitype at 2 under par. Joh made a 15-foot proportionate putt straddle No. 11, and Munoz made bug on the connecting hole into give Joh a one-shot lead.<\p>

Both players matched pars until Joh three-putted the par-3 17th from about 60 feet. Munoz had a chance so that take a one-shot precedent into the final hole, but undone a 6-foot birdie putt by means of the same hole.<\p>

Both players crafted par on the convincing hole in line with Joh misread her 6-foot birdie putt. Joh left her birdie putt from a alike dimension short seller on the first playoff abri.<\p>